CARTERTON WHIRLWIND
A SUDDEN COMMOTION
[pee press association.]
CARTERTON, August 10. There was an extraordinary happening at Carterton, this morning, at 9.45. Heavy rain had been falling, but ceased, the conditions being calm and quiet. Suddenly, a tremendously powerful whirlwind swept along Belvedere Street, unroofing a small shed in its progress, and struck with terrific force, the motor display sheds on the show grounds. These crumpled like matchwood and posts, rafters and corrugated iron roofs shot up into the air, to a height of some 50 feet. The noise of the wind and the smashing timbers was deafening. A section of the iron roof, 50 feet square, flew through the air at a great rate and was dumped an unrecognisable mass of twisted iron and splintered wood 40 yards away.
As suddenly as tho commotion started, it ceased. No other part of the town was affected. The sheds were a total wreck and practically nothing was left worth salvaging.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 10 August 1933, Page 2
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